Basically, 10 races will be shown live, the other 10 will be shown with extended highlights a few hours later.

Also, ALL races will be covered live on Radio 5 live.

This is great news! Here is how to watch every race live without buying Sky....

For the races not being broadcast live on BBC1, go online and find a tv channel from abroad that shows the F1 races live that enables you to watch their channel on live stream. There are lots of ways you can do this online for free, legally. I suggest German, Spanish or French tv channels, but you might wish to find channels in other languages.

Next, turn down the sound (if you are not a native or fluent speaker of the language being broadcast in) and then switch on Radio 5 live. Basically, you are now watching the race picture live via the internet, with live commentary from the radio in English.

Sorted! Aren't I a genius? Hey presto, you can now enjoy all the races live in 2012 with English commentary, and legally too. Sky not needed! I will be doing this. I will NOT be buying Sky out of a matter of principal.

Do pubs even show F1? I doubt they'd show the early races or he later races, not to mention they favor sunday football so F1 wouldn't really get a look in. Not to mention why would anyone wanna spend 3 hours in a pub watching F1 (races and quli), I'd rather watch it on my Sofa or Bed mate.

(Original post by tehFrance)
I know for a fact that TF1 do not allow Live TV to be streamed outside of France, in Germany F1 airs on Sky, RTL and Sport1 air F1 too but very few and no live stream, no idea about Spain.

Really your solution is fraught with holes as you cannot watch the streams legally

You can watch live streams legally outside the UK if you look hard enough online. http://www.watchfomny.com is just one example. There are tons of similar services online.

(Original post by tehFrance)
I know for a fact that TF1 do not allow Live TV to be streamed outside of France, in Germany F1 airs on Sky, RTL and Sport1 air F1 too but very few and no live stream, no idea about Spain.

Really your solution is fraught with holes as you cannot watch the streams legally

I'm pretty sure there is a way. An English landlady was tired of paying massive amounts to sky, so she set up some sort of satellite and streamed it from abroad. She was challenged in court and won. Let me find a source.

edit: "The ECJ said national legislation, which banned the use of overseas decoders, could not "be justified either in light of the objective of protecting intellectual property rights or by the objective of encouraging the public to attend football stadiums"."

I was talking about online streams, you are of course legally allowed (so long as you are not using a residential sub for a commercial property that is) to purchase a decoder and subscription from Sky Deutschland, TivùSat or TNT Sat to watch the races but you cannot get the streams (not that it matters because out of the three countries, only France's TF1 has an online stream)... if you wish to pay for a VPN to say you are in France, Germany or Spain that is fine although equally as expensive as paying for Sky UK.

(Original post by Raving_Hippy)
You can watch live streams legally outside the UK if you look hard enough online. http://www.watchfomny.com is just one example. There are tons of similar services online.